Homeland Security warns Detroiters to look for signs of human trafficking during auto show

Human sex trafficking is an issue that continues to surface in Detroit media over and over and over again.

And while the issue is omnipresent in the area, January is a month of particular importance. Why? The North American International Auto Show.

Due to an influx of visitors, the NAIAS also brings a spike in sex trafficking as traveling businessmen and tourists seek prostitutes as well as other illicit activities.

"Human trafficking is a significant problem at all times but particularly during large-scale public events, so it’s critically important to raise public awareness," Khaalid H. Walls, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security, says. "Traffickers are known to law enforcement to temporarily travel to event destinations for the specific purpose of exploiting victims."

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